Grands Moulins de Paris

The Decauville factory in Marquette-lez-Lille produced locomotives and construction machinerys from 1923 to 1968.

The Marque (French pronunciation: ​[maʁk]; Dutch: Marke) is a 40-kilometre (25 mi) long river in France. It is a right tributary of the Deûle. Its source is near the village of Mons-en-Pévèle. Its course crosses the Nord department, notably the eastern part of the agglomeration of Lille. It flows northwards through the towns of Pont-à-Marcq, Tressin, Villeneuve d'Ascq, Croix and Marcq-en-Barœul, finally flowing into the Deûle in Marquette-lez-Lille. Its lowermost section, between Wasquehal and Marquette-lez-Lille, is part of the Canal de Roubaix.

Marquette-lez-Lille (French pronunciation: ​[maʁkɛt le lil], literally Marquette near Lille; Dutch: Market(t)e) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France. It is part of the Métropole Européenne de Lille.

The Canal de Roubaix is a canal in northern France. It joins the Canal de la Deûle near Marquette-lez-Lille to the Canal de l’Espierres in Belgium at Leers, just east of the former textile manufacturing town Roubaix. It is 20 km long with 12 locks. The Belgian canal continues 8.4 km and three locks beyond the border to the junction with the river Escaut (Scheldt). The canal fell into disuse in 1985 and was going to be infilled for an urban expressway. Instead, the canal was repaired and reopened in September 2009. The first normal operating season, after dredging works on the Belgian canal, was 2011.

Wambrechies (French pronunciation: ​[wɑ̃bʁəʃi]; West Flemish: Wemmersijs; Picard: Vamberchi) is a commune in the Nord department, in the region Hauts-de-France, in northern France. It is part of the European Metropolis of Lille. It has a population of around 10,600 (2019).

Saint-André-lez-Lille (French pronunciation: ​[sɛ̃t‿ɑ̃dʁe le lil], literally Saint-André near Lille; Dutch: Sint-Andries or Sint-Andries-Rijsel) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France. It is part of the Métropole Européenne de Lille.

La Madeleine (French pronunciation: ​[la madlɛn]) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.It is a suburb of the city of Lille, bordering it on its north side.

Marcq-en-Baroeul Airport is a civil airport, located in the localities of Marcq-en-Barœul and Bondues, 6.1 kilometres (3.8 mi) north-northeast of Lille, French Flanders, France.

IAE de Lille, also known as Institut d'Administration des Entreprises de Lille is the business school of the University of Lille. It is also a component of the "Réseau des IAE", bringing together 33 similar business schools around France. Being one of the top French universities in management, school is highly internationalized and has an alumni network of 18,000 former students throughout the world. IAE Lille is situated in old town of Lille. IAE participates in Erasmus Programme and also maintains exchange agreements with several universities across Europe, Asia and America.

The Birthplace of Charles de Gaulle (French: Maison natale de Charles de Gaulle) is a French museum located in Lille, in the Hauts-de-France, France. Previously, the museum was the home of Charles de Gaulle's maternal grandparents, where he was born in 1890.Property of the Charles-de-Gaulle Foundation, the house is currently managed by the Departmental Council of Nord. Opened to the public in 1983, it has been classified as a monument historique since 1989 and obtained the Maisons des Illustres label in 2011. Located at 9 rue Princesse, in the Old Lille district, the museum welcomes between 19,000 and 20,000 visitors each year.

Lycée Valentine Labbé is a senior high school/sixth-form college in La Madeleine, Nord, France, in the Lille Metropole. It is two tram stations away from Gare Lille Flandres.The school has a boarding facility.

Stade Grimonprez-Jooris was a multi-purpose stadium in Lille, France, built in 1974. It was used mainly for football matches as it was home to the Lille OSC football club from 1975 until 2004, when the stadium was closed. The club originally planned to have Grimonprez-Jooris redeveloped into a 33,000-seat stadium, but this proposal was rejected, and the Grand Stade Lille Métropole was constructed instead. The stadium was officially opened on 28 October 1975, when Lille played a friendly against Dutch side Feyenoord (which ended in a 1–1 draw) and the last match at the stadium was played on 15 May 2004, Lille's last home game in the 2003–04 Ligue 1 season against SC Bastia. Lille won the game 2–0 with Matt Moussilou scoring the last goal in the history of Grimonprez-Jooris.